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Klaralven

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28. There was contact with Europeans prior to the Pilgrims, as Squanto's story demonstrates

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #4)

Thu Nov 25, 2021, 07:35 PM

Nov 2021

In fact, Portuguese fishermen may have visited the coast and offshore islands, such as the Isle of Shoals before 1492. It seems that fishermen were acquainted with the cod fishery of the Grand Banks, and they occasionally ventured further west.

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